US Patent Issued to CARRIER on Jan. 13 for "Refrigerant distribution and charge balancing system for heat exchangers" (New York, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,434, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to CARRIER Corp. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

"Refrigerant distribution and charge balancing system for heat exchangers" was invented by Dhruv Chanakya Hoysall (South Windsor, Conn.), Thomas Bryant (West Seneca, N.Y.) and Tobias Sienel (Baldwinsville, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerant distribution and charge balancing system for a heat exchanger and heat pump is disclosed. The system comprises an auxiliary header that is adapted to be fluidically coupled to a first header of the heat exchanger using one or more tube stubs. The auxiliary header is configured at a predefined distance ...